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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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